it must be illegal to have this much fun

with tubing looming on the horizon and the great camera dilemma staring me in the face, i just couldn't bear the idea of purchasing a waterproof disposable camera to take down the river. the quality is always barely passable and i have a great camera. so with corey's help, research was conducted and it seemed that a safe way to take my camera with me had been identified. but had i waited too long? the aquapac was easily orderable, but since we would be off early in the morning, that wasn't an option. after several phone calls, i finally located an aquapac at the ll bean in tyson's, which was even more perfect than hoped for, since i would be in the mall for another errand anyway. i was absolutely giddy!

after work, i headed to the store, picked up what i needed, and was off to anne's to meet up with she and corey for the nationals game.

the three of us metrod in, and were met by dan, who was coming directly for work. as a part of their 'paint the town red' promotion, we were all given nationals hats--which was only the first piece in what turned out to be an awesome night.

the temperature wasn't stifling, and thanks to anne's co-workers, the seats were excellent.


we enjoyed the company and the atmosphere. we sang along to 'sweet caroline' and take me out to the ballgame'.



we (well, everyone but me) enjoyed ballpark hot dogs.

and we (of course) took pictures.

the game had started slowly, but turned into a fabulously entertaining one as the innings wore on. we had originally intended to leave early, but were enjoying ourselves so much that we stuck it out to watch the nationals beat the cubs by one run.

after the game, we hopped in dan's car and headed to silver diner for a late night snack.

after playing with quarters, waiting for our song to come up (which it never did), and chowin' down, it was time to call it a night.

which was fine because saturday was tubing!!

tubing is a favorite annual tradition, so i put a group together, and then learned the shenandoah ward was doing an activity at the same place. so we pushed our time back to coincide with theirs, 'cause the bigger the group, the better!

we got signed in and paid up and went to wait with the others.

eventually, it was time to grab our jackets and tubes. i was slightly nervous about the waterproof camera bag. if it didn't work, i was going to be out one heck of a nice camera. but my concerns were unnecessary, and i was able to snap some pics of all the great action.

it was a beatuiful day and a great group.

things got a little crazy as we neared the get out point. apparently a girl (not with our group) had jumped off some rocks, and was not able to feel her legs. so we watched, up close and personal, as a helicopter rescue was implemented.


after they cleared out, we finished our little journey down the river, and met up back at butts tubes to enjoy some grub.

sunned and with battle scars, it was time to say farewell to tubing, and then it was nap time.

saturday evening was spent enjoying chipotle (thanks to jill and corey), and watching movies. fyi, we never even made it through 'the new world' but found that we all still love 'sneakers'!

for the rest of the pics from the nats game and from tubing, click here.